Fall

The Ostrician Republic experienced a great catastrophe around ORC389, in which the two culturally distinct, yet economically intertwined halves of the Republic split. The Western Republic underwent a near apocalyptic event that as of yet is unknown, which caused civilization to collapse. Shortly after the collapse mystic beasts from ages bygone turned up, resettling the land for the first time in thousands of years. Wild hill tribes spread across the republic's heartland as geography changed, mountains formed and rivers cut through the land.

The Eastern Republic cut ties with its collapsed Western half. As a new Emperor was crowned and the capital relocated, Emperor Instantious commissioned the construction of a great wall - one that would keep out the predations and devastations that had affected the sister republic. Seronica Agarthia Translucious sponsored the construction efforts, pouring her family's great fortune into its construction. Construction started on ORC401 and was completed on ORC481, and a legion was stationed at the wall to maintain watch.

The Watch Ends
Over the next century as the memories of the collapse faded the justification for maintaing a full 10,000 men at the Wall became more difficult. As more and more troops were pulled back to deal with internal issues, the wall was left with a skeleton crew.

A tribe of Wyldmen under their chieftain Agazit Il'ran attacked the wall, killing or routing the unprepared defenders. They destroyed the gate and flooded the four provinces that were situated near the wall. The raiding and plundering lasted for years as the legionnaires struggled to secure a victory. Eventually word got back to the four provinces that the Republic had abandoned them as it set its sights on a newly discovered piece of territory. Reinforcements never arrived and the four provinces declared independence. The combined petty kingdom managed to drive the Il'ran raider back over the wall, but the damage had been done. And so the wall had become a forgotten edifice to a bygone era and became nothing more than a painful reminder to those who were abandoned.

The Four Leagues
With the Republic having been effectively split into three distinct parts - one of which was completely lost - a great many number of castles, fortifications, and defensive structures were erected around the Mountain of Kynthia, isolating the capital and its surrounding territories from the newly independent League of Provinces.

This League however did not last as the governors and magistrates argued over what to do. Threats of secession became promises as civil war erupted. For years the provinces fought and argued with one another before isolating themselves from each other. The unofficial "Four Leagues" era had begun.

On ORC532 the quarrels had all but subsided as each of the four factions settled into their own. It was just a few years later that the poverty stricken provinces soon found themselves with an abundance of people, and not enough jobs.